In my mission to reduce my paper towel usage I’ve come up with 4 categories of alternatives for my home.
1️⃣ cloth napkins (first photo, top)
2️⃣ toddler cleaning cloths (first photo, bottom) these are downgraded burp cloths and baby washcloths I use to wipe food off their faces and snot off their noses. I use about 4 a day.
3️⃣ dish towels (second photo) used for drying clean hands, dishes, and produce. I sometimes use these for cloth napkins. If you come to my home, for the love of god please use these to dry your hands. I promise these are not used for mopping up baby pee (I use cloth diapers for that)
4️⃣ rags (third photo) downgraded dish towels used for cleaning. These live under the sink with the cleaning supplies. I use them for most cleaning except for dog throw up and the toilet. I can’t, y’all.
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Have you reduced or completely eliminated paper towels in your household? Do you have categories or am I just extra? 😅
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Finally received my @pelacase🌿 (given to me from @larvalungs🥰) This phone case is plastic free, biodegradable and comes in minimal packaging! They also donate to some incredible organizations to help keep our oceans clean🌊🐋
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Every year new models of phones are released, which means that for anyone upgrading their phone, their current case likely no longer fits. Many of these plastic cases end up in landfills and will take hundreds of years to degrade (eventually into bioplastics). Do your part by purchasing a 100%, completely biodegradable phone case and prevent plastic waste!
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(Ps. This super cute sweater was handmade by my mom as a gift for my dad back in the day!) #lesswastewarriors

Here is a great list if information to give you an idea of how long it takes these products to disentigrate.
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An amazingly visual guide from @theseaplusme 🌊♻️ on how long plastic takes to degrade!⁣
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I would avoid using the word “gone” though, as plastic never truly returns to natural materials. It will simply degrade into microplastic, whose long term impact on human health is still not known (but it can’t be good, right?!) 🌏⁣
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I have to get naked for this plastic-free challenge? WHAT?? 😱
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I just posted my HOT STEAMY plastic-free shampoo review video! Follow this link: https://bit.ly/2IJE4ZP or click the link in bio for the full playlist! Dont forget to subscribe for weekly updates!

Check out this repost! Disgusting right? This needs to stop. Have you been subscribing to my 30 day plastic-free challenge on Youtube? Link in bio!
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New video at 8 PM EST tonight!! #Repost@thegreenroads (@get_repost)
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Our consumption habits are literally drowning the planet in plastic and we cannot recycle our way out of this mess, the problem can only be addressed at its source. Corporations must do their part and move us beyond single-use plastics but we must radically change our habits and stop thinking that when we get rid of something it will magically disappear...
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Consumers drive markets, and consumer choices will therefore create change in the industry.
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Failing on my plastic challenge today. Getting @realzaxbys was a great reminder why we need to stop using plastic! .
My styrafoam was melted through when I got to the bottom of my chicken! How much plastic did I just eat? Gross. .
Link in bio to my vlogs about trying to live plastic free for 30 days! Subscribe for a weekly video update.

Well, a road closure from landslides has got me getting home too late to post my 8 PM plastic-free challenge video, but stay on the look out, I will have one up for you soon! .
In the meantime, here are some ideas to help you reduce your plastic use!
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You may have noticed that I don’t post that many photos that I have actually taken on this account or my blog. I am not a good photographer. My husband is brilliant at it, but between working full time (and basically always being on call), being a super dad, completely refitting a sailboat and blogging about it, and carving out a little space for his own personal pursuits, he doesn’t have time to be my personal photographer. And to be honest, I don’t want him to be. I want to improve my own photography skills and not delay posting because I’m waiting for him to have time to help me. I also don’t want to spend our limited time together doing photo shoots. Fortunately Ryan is also a great teacher, so he’s going to help me out. so stay tuned for more pictures of varying quality taken by yours truly! And a post about toothbrushes 🦷 📸 .
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There are over 5 trillion pieces of plastic already in the ocean, with 300 million tons of new plastic used worldwide every year; very little of which gets recycled or reused and often ends up back in the ocean. There are now more microplastics in the ocean than there are stars in the Milky Way — and, tragically, if we continue on our current trajectory, there will be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050. 🐙🐬🦀
It’s time to #UnplasticthePlanet
The vision for the #UnplasticthePlanet campaign is to divert and remove 8 million tons of plastic waste from entering the world’s oceans by 2020. 🌍
Oceans are primary sources of food, jobs, and economic development. In addition to dangers to humans, microplastics are a threat for fish and birds that mistake them as food and starve to death. With an estimated 9.7 billion people to be fed by 2050, fish stocks contaminated with microplastics and their associated toxins are a growing problem. 🌊
We’re campaigning for a world without plastic consumer waste. That world can only be realized if each of us pledges to change our individual behavior and attitude on plastic.
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Take the pledge. Reduce your plastic waste and #unplastictheplanet 🏳
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Did you know that there are over 5 trillion pieces of plastic already in the ocean, with 300 million tonnes of new plastic used worldwide every year; very little of which gets recycled or reused and often ends up back in the ocean?
That is why Global Citizen is declaring that it is time to #UnplasticthePlanet with support from Flow Alkaline Spring Water. The vision for the #UnplasticthePlanet campaign is to divert and remove 8 million tons of plastic from the ocean by 2020.
Join the #UnplasticthePlanet campaign and commit to being a positive force in the world for our global environment. Go to the link in bio to read more.
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